School Auditorium: MSND rehearsal (4-7 PM FHT)

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

There are snacks and assorted beverages on a table to the side, and the house lights are up.

The stage lighting is still a little beyond Rory, so the simple overhead fluorescents will have to do for the day.

And by the door, there's a sign-in sheet.

Actors? Your stage awaits.

[If you comment before my OCD threads are up, I'll get Callisto to burninate you. OCD is up! Comment away! And here is a helpful link to the full text of the play, and here is the cast list, which will be a bit revised today, yes.]

Comments

Sign in

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

So we know who did, in fact, show up to rehearse. Please comment under the latest person so that the thread collapses all pretty-like.

Re: Sign in

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia signed in. Maybe now that they were rehearsing she'd actually start to understand the damned thing.

Re: Sign in

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Shep skateboards in and signs his name where he's told to.

Before the rehearsal actually starts - Rory addresses the cast

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Okay, hi, I'm Rory for those of you who don't know me," she said, waving a little nervously. "I'm one of your student directors. If you have any questions about the play or how we're going to run this production, please direct them to me, Cordy, or Professor Dream. Mostly, we're looking to cover a lot of ground in this rehearsal since we only have a couple weeks until the play, and I expect everyone to pull together and do what we can to make this a functional production, okay? But most of all, we need to remember to have fun, right?"

[Questions about your part in the play go here, and responses may be slow since there are three people who need to confer on these issues.]

Re: Before the rehearsal actually starts - Rory addresses the cast

[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

"I think there's something wrong with my copy," Vala says, waving the script at Rory and frowning. "I can't find the Kickass Ninja at all!"

Re: Before the rehearsal actually starts - Rory addresses the cast

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"So... How does the whole 'understudy' thing work?"

Re: Before the rehearsal actually starts - Rory addresses the cast

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Is it a problem that I couldn't get rid of my accent if my life depended on it?" Pip asked. "I mean, Shakespeare's really famously British and when I talk I'm really obviously French."

Re: Before the rehearsal actually starts - Rory addresses the cast

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair cleared his throat and tried not to sound squeaky. "Um, there's a lot of couples in this play. There's no kissing, right?"

Re: Before the rehearsal actually starts - Rory addresses the cast

[sooo_cute]

Quinn raises her hand.

"Yeah, can we rename my character?" asks Mustardseed.

Re: Before the rehearsal actually starts - Rory addresses the cast

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

*Hamlet, after having been unknowingly frozen in marble for a week and a half, is shocked to see the auditorium full of people with scripts. He sticks his head in to find out what's going on.*

Rehearsals are happening already? Has a cast listing for the play even been posted yet?

Before the rehearsal actually starts - Chatter

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Talk amongst yourselves if you so choose.

Re: Before the rehearsal actually starts - Chatter

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angel snuck in after his only class of the day. He took a seat in the auditorium, settling in to watch.

ACT I

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

...

SCENE I. Athens. The palace of THESEUS.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, Philostrate, Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius, and Helena are all in this scene.

Please start with starting with Theseus, Hippolyta and their attendants (who, for the time being, are being handwaved) entering from stage left.

SCENE II. Athens. QUINCE'S house.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

All the "play people" (Quince, Snug, Bottom, Flute, Snout, and Starveling) are in this scene.

Please begin by having everyone onstage and at least *begin* to read through your lines.

ACT I - Audience

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Watch, mock, etc.

ACT II

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

...

SCENE I. A wood near Athens.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Puck, an undetermined fairy, Oberon, Titania, Demetrius and Helena are all in this scene.

Please just post your character here and wait for further direction.

SCENE II. Another part of the wood.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Titania, her fairies (Peaseblossom, Moth, Cobweb and Mustardseed), Oberon, Lysander, Hermia, and Puck are all in this scene.

Scene begins with Titania/fairies' entrance. Do with that what you will. :)

ACT III

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

...

SCENE I. The wood. TITANIA lying asleep.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Titania (obviously), the play people, Titania's fairies and Puck are all in this scene.

Begin with Bottom's line and Titania out cold, and we'll go from there.

ACT IV

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

...

SCENE I. The same. LYSANDER, DEMETRIUS, HELENA, and HERMIA lying asleep

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

The people in the subject line, Titania, Bottom, the fairies, Oberon, Puck, Theseus, Egeus and Hippolyta are all in this scene.

Assuming we get this far, begin with Titania and Bottom's entrance, with fairies in tow and Oberon omghidden like whoa.

ACT V

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

...

SCENE I. Athens. The palace of THESEUS.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, Philostrate, Lysander, Demetrius, Helena, Hermia, the play people as Pyramus, Thisbe, the Wall, Moonshine and Lion, Oberon, Titania, and Puck are all in this scene.

In short? FREAKING EVERYONE.

Start with Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, and Philostrate's little chat, please.

Get your directors' attention

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Use this comment to ping Rory. Cordy and Dream, if you guys would like to make your own pingy threads off this one, please do.

Re: Get your directors' attention (Cordy)

[upforachase.livejournal.com]

If you want to talk to Cordy, ping her here.

After the rehearsal

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

For all your questions, comments, concerns and chatter.

OOC

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

*falls over from OCD*

Re: OOC

[upforachase.livejournal.com]

That was a very impressive display of OCD, my friend.